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Corbyn's villification by the political establishment does mirror the KPD's villification by Weimar, as well as Sanders' villification by Hillaryites. The KPD
by crdoconnor 9y ago
Corbyn's villification by the political establishment does mirror the KPD's villification by Weimar, as well as Sanders' villification by Hillaryites.
The KPD was annihilated though, while Corbyn held on. If anything he makes the rise of the far right much less likely by presenting a viable anti-austerian alternative. I don't imagine UKIP will be around much longer.
- pjc50 9y agoUKIP are already dead - kipperism is mainstream cabinet policy now. It was only ever a shell for Farage. The rest of the party was a set of cranks who'd been ejected from mainstream politics and who couldn't get on with each other. Their only ever MP, Douglas Carswell, quit the party. They had no real "ground game" and a very limited council presence. It's a mystery why Farage was and continues to be invited onto BBC Question Time week after week.
- crdoconnor 9y agoThey did really well in the European elections though. That's what spooked the Tories and caused, y'know, "that" referendum. That would probably not have happened if all mainstream parties had not looked like weimaresque mirror images of each other at the time.